Linux kernel developer responses to static analysis bug reports

Proceedings of the 2009 USENIX Annual Technical Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 285-292

  Guo, Philip J ^a   Engler, Dawson ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINUX; QUALITY CONTROL; STATIC ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED TOOLS; BUG REPORTS; CODE QUALITY; LINUX KERNEL; MOST LIKELY;

PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

EID: 85077068139     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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